Crib attachment for bedsteads.



V. O. CRAWFORD. CRIB ATTAGHMENT POR BEDSTEADS. APPLIOATION FILEDooT.15,19os.

914,641 I Patented Mar.9, 1909.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed October 15, 1908. Serial No. l57,927.

To all wlw/m it may concern.'

Be it known that l, VINYARD OLIVER CRM Troni), a citizen of the TJnitedStates, residing at Fort Smith, in the county of Sebastian and State ofArkansas, have invented a new and useful Crib Attachment for Bedsteads,of which the following is a specihcation.

rThis invention relates to bedsteads, and has `for an object to providea bedstead with an attached crib, supported wholly by the bedstead, andwhich is ad apted to be pushed under said bedstead when not required,and withdrawn at one side of the same when intended for use.

Another object of the invention is to support the crib in a yieldingmanner so that it can be raised and lowered when drawn out.

to quiet an infant resting therein.

A further object relates to the means for elevating the crib when drawnout, to the level of the bed and holding it in such elevated positionand out of contact with the bed rail.

il/'ith these and other objects in view the invention consists olE thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a bedstead with the crib attachment appliedthereto. Fig. 2 a cross sectional View of the same on the line 2-2, andFig. 3 a side elevation of' the bedstead and crib. Fig. i is a detailper-' spective designed to show the relation between the tube 2() andthe bar 17.

Similar reference characters are used for the saine parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings, 10 ind'cates a bedstead of the usual construction, withside rails 11 and 12 from which the crib and its operating mechanism aresuspended. Extending longitudinallyT of the bed below the rail 11 and onthe outside of the bedposts to which said rail is connected, is a bar 13supported on the lower ends of two inetal rods 14 each rod having a hook15 on its upper end to engage over the top of the bed rail 11. Supportedby springs 16 below the rail 12 attached to rods 16a having turned upperends which hang over the rail 12 is a second horizontal bar 17 adaptedto be depressed by a transverse bar 18 connected to the bars 13 and 17and provided. with a hinged extension 1Sa projecting beyond the side ofthe bedstead for a suitable distance, from the end of which extension astirrup 19 depends.

Traversing the bedstead below the rails and supported on the bars 13 and17 are two tubes 20, one en cach side of the transverse bar 18 andparallel thereto. The tubes 2O are fastened to the longitudinal bar 13by the rods 14 which pass through them, and to the spring supported bar17 by hooks 21, staples or other means. One side of each tube 2Q isprovided with a long straight slot 22 extending' inwardly from the endbelow the rail 12 and with a notch 2S in the same end at the top, asshown in Fig. 4.

"Within each tube 20 is carried one end ol a cranked rod 2li adapted toslide longitudinally therein and to turn on its axis. The exterior ends25 of said cranked rods 24 are pivotally connected with the under sideof a crib 26, their terminal ends extending through the iront ot thecrib and furnished with knobs 27 for operating the mechanism.Surrounding each cranked rod 24e within the tubes 2O is a coil spring 28one end iixed lto the rod 14 and the other secured to the rod near thebend 29 forming the crank end 25. These springs 28 tend to draw the rods24 inwardly and hold the crib close to the bedstead when in use, anddraw it under the bedstead and hold it there when not wanted.

The crib is preferably made with a 'lolding head-board 30 and foot-board31, an elevated side 32 away troni the bedstead but without a side nextthereto, the rail 12 serving that purpose.

Constructed as described, the crib and its appurtenances :form nopermanent part of the bedstead but are attached thereto solely by thehooked ends ot the rods 1/1 and 16a engaging over the top of thebed-rails 11 and 12. it is only necessary therefore to disconnect thesehooks to remove the crib attachment.

1n operation, let it be assumed that the crib is in use. ln this casethe bent portions 29 of the cranked rods 2&1 will stand upright and beheld firmly in the notches 23 of the tubes 2G by the tension of thesprings 28; the head and foot of the crib will be raised and fastened toprevent them falling inward, and the inner side el' the crib will beclose to the rail 12. So set up, an infant may readily be changed fromthe crib to the bed and back again With great ease as the mattress ofthe crib Will be but a short distance below the top of the rail, and ifiretilul, the crib can be oscillated vertically by placing the hand onthe crib, or the foot in the stirrup, and pressing down the springs 16yielding under the pressure.

When the crib is to be put out of the Way, the head and foot are foldedinwardly, the knobs 27 grasped by the hands, and the cranked rods 24drawn outward a short distance to release the parts 29 oi the rods vfromthe notches in the ends of the tubes 20. The rods 24 are then turned ontheir axes until th'e parts 29 thereof are opposite thc open ends oftheslots 22 when, on depressing the crib until its ends are below the rail12, the crib Will be drawn thereunder by the springs 28 until the side32 abuts against the bedstead. The act or depressing the crib placed thesprings 16 'under tension which reacted as soon as the crib Was in placebeneath the bedstead and held the ends oi" the crib close against thebottom of the rail 12. The hinged end 18a of the transverse bar 18 maynow be turned to one side against the bedstead.

1, What is claimed is y 1. A crib attachment for bedsteads comprising acrib proper mounted on longitudinally movable crank rods, a tubularsupport for leach rod adapted to be fastened beneath a bedstead, andautomatic means tending to draw said crib-under the bed.

3 2. A crib attachment for bedsteads com` prising a crib proper' mountedon longitudinally and rotatably movable crank rods, tubular supportseach having a longitudinal slot for the cranked portions of said rodsadapted to be removably fastened beneath a bedstead,

and means in said tubular supports to draw said crib under the bed.

3. A crib attachment comprising tWo tubular supports adapted to be irmlybut removably attached to one rail of a bedstead other bed rail carryingthe other ends of said tubes, a crank rod in each tube, a crib supportedon said crank rods and capable of being moved beneath a bedstead or Withdrawn to one side of it.

5. A crib attachment comprising tWo tubes removably and yieldinglysupported transversely beneath a bedstead, said tubes having each alongitudinal slot on one side and a notch in the yielding end, a crankedrod mounted to slide and rock in each rod, means for retracting thecranked rods into their respective tubes and hold them rigid in saidnotches when withdrawn from said tubes and turned vertically, and a cribhinged to said rods.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto affixedmy signa ture in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

VlNYilltl) OLIVER CRAWFORD.

Vfitnesses.

MO'Ns B. SIMS, M. W. CLiFToN.

